... games in ... and ... on ... fix this ... off" ... Yeah, it should, but the differences are pretty big, more easily suggesting differences between low and...
818
Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Apr 1, 2002 4:56 am
... Probably for the same reason they have the horizontal and vertical axes on their supply and demand curves switched -- tradition. Some economist back in...
817
Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Mar 30, 2002 9:07 pm
... Let me address a few things: 1. This is definitely still a bit on the experimental side (a few weeks old), so the feedback is useful. One of the things...
816
Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Mar 30, 2002 5:05 am
... I hadn't realized that they changed the rule, I guess I need to watch more games. Yeah, that's another example. Sometimes teams couldn't do the ...
815
Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Mar 30, 2002 4:03 am
... [...] ... [...] This is how my model of basketball works. It can be used to generate means and standard deviations, but can even more directly be used to ...
814
Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Mar 30, 2002 2:47 am
Interesting stuff, although I don't completely understand the methodology. ... A good hypothesis, but only if qualified in certain ways. Such as "ceteris...
813
Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Mar 30, 2002 12:38 am
One of the things I've done fairly recently is to look at how efficient players are as a function of how frequently they try to score. Since I do have...
812
HoopStudies
Mar 29, 2002 7:36 pm
... from ... determine ... shooting ... allocation ... player, ... RPEs ... a ... the ... after ... I personally won't have time to "play" on the site. Given...
811
HoopStudies
Mar 29, 2002 4:40 pm
... they ... (I ... does ... the ... chance), ... goes ... This gets at what Gary Skoog did in one of James' abstracts, where they assessed the expected runs...
810
m_c_meyer
Mar 29, 2002 4:18 pm
... I wish that were so! It would make the college game even better than it already is. Been lurking around here for a while after being directed here by the ...
809
dlirag
Mar 29, 2002 1:17 pm
... back ... have ... A shot can be seen as a pass that results in one of the following things happening: 2 or 3 points are immediately scored (45% chance), ...
808
HoopStudies
Mar 29, 2002 3:26 am
Sportsline ran this: http://www.sportsline.com/b/page/pressbox/0,1328,5179567,00.html They are saying that the new rules, which open up the lanes, are also ...
807
HoopStudies
Mar 29, 2002 3:14 am
... Ohhh. I always thought that I'd just call 2 plays as a coach. One to run the first time, the second one with just a different entry pass. No big deal,...
806
alleyoop2
Mar 28, 2002 3:19 pm
Another good example of the league doing away with a rule that was being used perversely is the Delay of Game call on last-minute inbounds passes. They just...
805
Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Mar 28, 2002 11:23 am
On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, McKibbin, Stuart wrote: [...] ... There was a time when a foul meant that the foulee got only one free throw. Teams took advantage of...
804
Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Mar 28, 2002 10:32 am
On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, HoopStudies wrote: [...] ... My vote, but I imagine I'm an extremist, is as often as possible. Doesn't even have to be a penalty...
803
HoopStudies
Mar 27, 2002 5:09 pm
... question ... opponent ... much less ... All this talk about changing the penalty to avoid fouls reminds me of Bill James' similar crusade in baseball. He...
802
Medea's Child
medeas_child
Mar 27, 2002 9:36 am
... I'm sure Steve won't. Then again, maybe he will. At least then, he could explain to friends and family that he's "injured" (as opposed to being...
801
thedawgsareout
Mar 27, 2002 9:06 am
... Well, I've been contemplating how exactly to discourage physical play without increasing free throws lately myself, and hadn't gotten much of anywhere....
800
Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Mar 27, 2002 4:47 am
On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, mikel_ind wrote: [...] ... No question that fewer FT is a better game. The interesting question though is what happens if we penalize...
799
McKibbin, Stuart
thefiend42
Mar 26, 2002 4:30 pm
Michael Tamada said: "Pretty much the sky is the limit here, whatever the rules are, teams will adjust. The least extreme change would be something like: in...
798
HoopStudies
Mar 26, 2002 4:02 pm
... learn. ... make- ... I just tend to think that 1+ the ball is a greater penalty, especially since the biggest penalty at the end of a game is time running...
797
mikel_ind
Mar 26, 2002 1:06 pm
... One argument for retaining the 1+1 is that at developmental levels (college?), free-throw shooting is a skill that is necessary to learn. Performing under...
796
Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Mar 26, 2002 10:36 am
... [...] ... Pretty much the sky is the limit here, whatever the rules are, teams will adjust. The least extreme change would be something like: in the last...
795
HoopStudies
Mar 25, 2002 12:29 am
... penalty for ... have that ... go ... The expected return on the 1-and-1 is, assuming 68% FT%, 1.14. That really isn't much of a penalty for fouling, if...
794
alleyoop2
Mar 21, 2002 5:53 pm
I have to wonder how much of that is "absence of Jordan" and how much is "presence of Courtney Alexander". CA can't guard anybody from what I've seen, and the...
793
HoopStudies
Mar 21, 2002 4:29 pm
With Jordan coming back, it reminded me to look at the effect of him being gone. With the Bullets going 4-10 without him (including games before this stretch)...
792
HoopStudies
Mar 19, 2002 4:59 pm
... Flagrants are being called more this season than in the past, so maybe the league is cracking down. I got 126 flagrants from Doug Steele's site in 459350...
791
mikel_ind
Mar 19, 2002 3:03 am
... <.... i would love to see ... I agree completely with 2 FT and the ball out, and I pretty much disagree with ejection. The game is not made better by...
790
McKibbin, Stuart
thefiend42
Mar 15, 2002 2:42 am
I'm not looking for formal studies, but rather gut feel from people on these, maybe with some explanation for the answers, maybe without. 1. The point guard...
